§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will detail by sex and ethnic group the number of persons who in 1984–85 completed the enterprise allowance scheme.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkInformation is not available in the exact form requested. However, a total of 22,933 men and 4,696 women joined the enterprise allowance scheme between August 1983 when the national scheme started and March 1984, and were due to complete their 52 weeks in the financial year 1984–85. In addition, 36,699 men and 9,368 women joined the scheme in 1984–85. No information is recorded on the ethnic origin of scheme participants.